{"id":8731,"date":"2009-09-21T00:37:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T07:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2009-09-21T00:37:03","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T07:37:03","slug":"link-farm-and-open-thread-brain-scanning-dead-fish-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8731","title":{"rendered":"Link Farm and Open Thread, Brain Scanning Dead Fish Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an open thread. Post what you like, when you want to. Self-linking makes you smell better and will put a spring in your step in the morning.<\/p>\n

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  1. It’s science! Researchers hooked a dead fish<\/a> up to an fMRI machine. The fish was then \u201cshown a series of photographs depicting human individuals in social situations. The salmon was asked to determine what emotion the individual in the photo must have been experiencing.” The salmon did great! This shows that dead fish are very smart; or, as Figleaf suggests<\/a>, it shows that brain-scanning experiments without strong statistical controls have dubious validity.<\/li>\n
  2. “The stars are aligning for a winnable and worthwhile fight on U.S. policy in Afghanistan in the next several weeks: stopping the Obama Administration from sending more troops<\/a>.”<\/li>\n
  3. Former deputy chief of the counterterrorist center at the CIA: Preventing a “terrorist haven” in Afghanistan isn’t worth the costs<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Female lawyers with masculine names<\/a> are the most likely women to become judges. (But sexism is just a myth, right?)<\/li>\n
  5. “I am female bodied, but<\/a> I do not identify as a female or in a feminine way. My gender presentation is masculine, but I don’t identify as a man or male. I am on the trans spectrum, but not in the sense that I’m transitioning…”<\/li>\n
  6. Awesome Golden Girls tattoo<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Both rape and false accusations of rape<\/a> result from rape culture. (Via<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  8. The singular “They” and the many reasons it’s correct<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Why does Ms.<\/strong> Michelle<\/a> Bachmann get more attention than all the other ridiculous far-right Representatives? I’m not sure I agree — I’d have to compare the statements of the other contenders and see if they really are as extreme as Bachmannisms are — but it’s a reasonable concern.<\/li>\n
  10. Did you read Newsweek’s articl<\/a>e on how infants and young kids learn about race — and how by pretending race isn’t there, adults encourage racism? If not, you should go read it.<\/li>\n
  11. If if the jury finds you “not guilty,” you can still be sentenced to prison for the crime<\/a>. This has been upheld by higher courts, and the Supremes chose not to examine the issue. Scary. (Via<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  12. More on the politics of Black hair<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. The History of Jobs in America<\/a>. I’m linking mainly because the graphic is so pretty.<\/li>\n
  14. XKCD presents: The Search For Intelligent Life Out There<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Matt Bors <\/a>gives out\u00a0the first award for excessive labeling in a political cartoon (the winner is Anne Cleaves). The cartoon in question<\/a> is a doozy.<\/li>\n
  16. Juan Cole provides<\/a> a good round-up of links about Iran’s apparently non-existent nuclear weapons program.<\/li>\n
  17. Once again, pundits are claiming that women’s happiness has plummeted. And once again, Language Log is pointing out that the statistics don’t support that claim<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  18. Contrary to what I and many other lefties have claimed in the past, the SATs are actually pretty accurate<\/a> at predicting success in college grades.<\/li>\n
  19. Siditty discusses the definition of racism<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  20. Yet Another White Person Who Feels Entitled To Touch Black Women’s Hair<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. Inside Edition On Nightclub Sexual Predators.<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. The UN Human Rights Council could become worthwhile<\/a> — but only if the US puts a huge amount of effort into remaking it.<\/li>\n
  23. Asshats of the world, please stop calling Kayne West a nigger<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  24. Great post by Little Light<\/a>: “Let\u2019s let vulnerability be radical. Let\u2019s embrace it.”<\/li>\n
  25. “The problem with making health care reform<\/a> \u201ccheaper\u201d by lowering subsidies is that if since people will still be required to have insurance, all you’re really doing is making middle-income people spend more money, in order to spare the government the pain of taxing rich people to pay for subsidies.<\/li>\n
  26. In defense of the claim<\/a> that better family planning can help save the environment.<\/li>\n
  27. The UK offers paternity leave<\/a> for the first time. Molly calls this a baby step forward for working moms, and she’s right, but I’d add that it’s also a step forward for working dads.<\/li>\n
  28. What ACORN hysteria is distracting us from<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  29. Reading, Pennsylvania: Where<\/a> you get three years in prison for taking consensual nude pictures of your girlfriend, but cops who expose their penises in the office aren’t penalized at all. UPDATE<\/strong>: Figleaf follows up on this<\/a>, and finds that it’s a heck of a lot more complicated than that.<\/li>\n
  30. Counterpunch Magazine, which has published a lot of articles I like in the past, publishes a pile of anti-Semitic lies<\/a>. So, fuck Counterpunch, I say. (Via<\/a>.)<\/li>\n
  31. In Iraq, Freedom Is Marching Backward<\/a><\/li>\n
  32. Five Hard-To-Kill Houseplants For Your Home Or Office<\/a><\/li>\n
  33. And finally, via Womanist Musings<\/a>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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